If you're a parent, and you're trying to figure out how to break it to your kid that the world is an arbitrary, unfair, bizarre, stupid place, just tell them this:
An adult horse produces about 15 horsepower.
@ThinkingSapien @LouisIngenthron
Here's another way of presenting the same message...
"Do whatever you want. Don't bother following the laws, because they are made by an unfair system. Others don't follow the rules so you're a sap if you do. Don't worry about harming anybody, because they don't care about you. If you ever feel empathy for others, just wipe that feeling out because you won't be able to survive in the world if you have feelings for others -- just fake the sincerity. But whatever you do, just make sure you don't get caught."
@ThinkingSapien @LouisIngenthron
By the way, I think that's a terrible thing to tell children and that type of attitude is what brings down civilizations.
@ThinkingSapien I think I tried that retort as a kid. My dad's response was "People in life aren't always nice. Get over it."
@LouisIngenthron when I was a kid, and I gave the "It's not fair!" cry, my dad told me "Life's not fair. Get over it."
As an adult, I told a child about it. The child told me that my dad sounded mean. He really wasn't. But he effectively killed the "It's not fair" complaint.
lol